Novo Fogo Silver Cachaça

Nice mid-tier packaging. Really like the canvas neck wrap and pear/butternut squash bottle. Honestly, just bright, fresh, and delicious. Clean, thick powdered sugar simple syrup. Snappy green bean. Bell pepper sweetness. Salt. Fresh ginger. Vegetal minerals and tang, with a solid saccharine spice. Lovely silver cachaca, would happily have again. Unmistakably cachaca and that’s a good thing.

The worst one I've had. Gross

I only use cachaca to make caipirinhas, and I do not have a lot of cachacas available to me. The funky experience it provides is unlike any of there spirit. Similar to a smokey scotch, you'll probably love it or hate it. I really enjoy the Novo Fogo brand. The blanco is so funky, it is almost off-putting at first. But mix with lime and sugar, makes a cocktail unlike any other. I can only compare this to Leblon cachaca. The Leblon is much more grassy, while the Novo Fogo is more ripe fruit forward. I have noticed it is harder to find Novo Fogo in my area, and their other expressions are going up in price. For now, the blanco is ~$30 (Leblon is ~$25).

Smells of over ripe bananas and it’s quite stinky in my opinion. I do however enjoy the taste. It tastes like bananas, cooked sugar, tropical fruit.

A great starter cachaça for those interested in truly exploring this exotic spirit. Clean fruity and earthy notes with a long sweet sugar cane and grassy finish. Cachaça may not be everyone’s cup of tea due to the funky earthy flavors, but it is very worth exploring with this brand.